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TWF' cV he u. Cn amendments of which he had given notice. He would briefly state their ohje;:t to The House. They proposed to enable the Revising Barristers to reserve any doubtlul cases of claims to registration, for the purpose of taking the Epinion of the Courts of law upon them. This was the tendency of the annendments, and he was satisfied they would have a very be neficial effect. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clauses. Sir E SUGDEN supv,rted the anises. After a few words faun Mr. WARBURTON anti Mr. PRAED. Dr. NICHOLL would not press the clauses to a divi_ sion ; but he should, on the bringing up of the amended Re port, move them again, and take the E ens° of the House en the subject. The clauses were accordingly negatived without a division. The schedules were then agreed to, with verbal amend-. ments, and the House resumed. POST-OFFICE .BILL. Ti , e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHF. QUER moved the second reading Of the Post-office 13iil. Colonel :ABTHORP objected to the wituber of Com missions appointed by her Majesty's Ministers, and charged tnem with a gross breach of principk, in exhibiting such a total disregard to economy. The CHANCELLOR of th , 3 EXCHEQUER said tho change was called for by the multiplication of railroads and the increased facilities to communications throughout the country ; and, under such circurostanees, he hoped the House would allow this 1 : ',11 to be read a second time. The House then divid rd, and the numbers were— For the second reading Against it .. aorit The Bill way then read y a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Fin• j s and Recognizances (Ireland) Bill went through a Comm:Mee, and the Report was ordered to be read on Thursr', Ay . OR the motion for bringing up the Report of the Commit tee t.'a the Schools (Scotland) Bill, lilr. GREEN hoped that the Government would not per severe with this measure; but, at all events, he felt it to be his duty to move that thu Report be brought up the day three months. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he would not be discharging his duty if he were to abandon this Bill. Alt. HUME thought it would b e b etter to a ll ow th i s Bill to stand over until the next Session, if the object of the Go verament were, to give satisfaction to the people of Scotland. Mr. R. STEUART supported the motion. After a few words from Air. HOPE, Mr. GILL ON said, if the money was to be placed at the disposal of the Established Church of Scotland, he would feel bound to persevere in his opposition. The gallery was then cleared for a division, and the num bers were— 37 For the motion For the amendment Majority for the motion —25 The report was then brought up, and the Bill ordered to be engrnssed, and read a third time on Thursday next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past One o'Clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 17. The Loan CIIANcELLo R took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. A Message from the Commons brought up several private Bills. On the motion of Lord PORTMAN the Dean Forest Mining Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord RED ESDALE present e d a pet i t i on from Worfield, not in Salop, praying th at any surplus of Church Revenues might be applied to any but ecclesiastical purposes. Also a peti tirn froen the Archdeacon and Clergy of Cumberland against certaiet clauses in the Benefices Pluralities Bill. ENTAILS (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of HADDINGTON, the Scotch Entails Bill went through Committee. CANADA. The E ar l o f W INCHILSE A moved for a return of the number of appointments made by Lord Durham since his arrival in Canada, with the names of the persons appointed, the dates of the appointments, and th e amount o f t h e i r salaries. He believed tr iers was no objection to these returns. The Noble Earl then said that as a racket had arrived last night from Canada, he wished to ask the Noble Viscount opposite whether he had received any information with respect to the appoint. ment of Mr. Gibbon Wakefield to the situation of land sur veyor? He also wished t o as k w h et h er the Government iad r eceived any information of th e resignation of S ir JohnCol borne, and whether that resignation was in consequence of hi s requiri ng an a ddi t i on to t h e militaryforce now in Canada ? question, Lord MELBOURNE said informationnoato had d been received relati ve to t h e appo i ntment alluded A to. theother he thought th e N o bl e L or d would perceive it was one which the Government ought not to answer. The Earl of WINCHILS EA thought their Lordships, as well as the country, ought to know whether that distinguished officer bad resigned, an d w h et h e r his resignation had taken place in consequence of his requiring additional military force? Lord MELBOURNE said, that if it were thought proper to press the question, he had no wish to shrink from an answer. That distinguished officer certainly had requested that an arrangement should be made by which be might be relieved from the command of the troops. With respect to the other question, the Government did not think there was any thing in the present state of affairs in Canada that would require all aUglnentation of force. The M arqu i s of L the OND SPAIN. ONDERRY, not seei ng t h e N o bl e Wishedat ask the Noble Vi scount opposite (Melbourne) whether Noble Earl had, under the correction of the Noble Viscount, changed the opinions which he had expressed the other night.—( Great laughter, Viscount MELBOURNE You had better ask that ques tion when the Noble Earl is present. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY nee sorry the Noble Earl vies not in his place, and th e more so if his absence arose from illness, for undoubted) to mak e hi m i ll.— s- y she Nobl e E ar l h a d had enough ( Laughor.) e , hoever, anxious to learn f rom the Noble 'Viscount if it was were true a that vessel called the " Athol" was then loading with 1,000 stand of arms, and if it wee the intention of Government to send Stores of supplies te the Spanish Government, before they had receiv e d the meet satisfa ctory declara.tion, in consequence of the addr ess of the other House of Parliament to her Majesty, as to the settlement of the claims of the Auxiliary Legion. Viscount MELBOURNE said the first part of the question of the Noble Marquis had better be addressed to the Noble Earl l 'hen in his . place. With respect to th o second part of the eleestio n a Commission had been issued for enquiring into those elsim s ; that Covnmissio n was now being prosecuted. The N o bl e Lord might depend upon it, the Government Ivould act up to their professions, and u se every effs)rt to o bt a i n a satisfartor adjustment of tose claims. Tis, howevr, did not imply that the Government would change the policye which it had always adopted with regard to Spain. The JUVENILE OFFENDERS' BILL. Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in moving t h at their Lord s hi ps do resolve them se l ves into Committe e on this Bill, observed that there had b een a great increase of crime a t tlic itter juvenil e o ff en d ers throughout Europe, esp ec i a ll y in soy's ; • e 4n g l aaf It w as th e i ntention of Government to erect build ;R' uvenile o ff en d ers, so that they might be sep arate d ra re ad u l ts. a , The Duke of RIC HNIOND approved of the theny u:ett4ush there Were one or . two points on which should Lo After a fe w mendmente in Committee. observations from the Earl of DEVON, their . e d ,''hilis went into Committee or, the Bill. eh: t u Duke of R ICFIMOND then proposed an amendment the Chaplain to Iseae out pointed should be a clergyman with ehee,., `: . 'lre of souls. He thought the whole time of the reeed:int,.eliould be occupied in endeavouring to improve the T he r the young offenders. i mp) , Itlsrquis of LANSDOWNE had no objection to the sett -.l "''Pt of the Noble Duke, which was accordingly in_ ea in the clause. theod I s y N D el URS l' su7gr s t e d t h e propr i ety of deferring discussion of thi s Bill . T'rho Marquis of LANSDOWNE would not o bj ect to a ifpocemerit ; hut h e t h olz h t that the liiil should now go t ''''sigh Committe pro Anna, and any further amendments 'eight he taken . .n the report. Lord Bile UG H A M was glad that the Noble Marquis had ' i ensented t o it s postpuncinent. I 4 .I:he Marluis of SALISBURY w i shed to take that oppor , t'l ' " "Y ^I t .npres.ing on t h e Noble Marquis the imp or t ance o f En try the em i grat i on of juvenile effendess. He was Bill. Y a t no pro v i s i ons h aving that tendency appeared in the '41?:• `lie Marquis of L ANSDOWNE fully concurred in the 7 11 thee of the object; but there were various Societies ow c t ‘-ere successfully pursuing that object, and it bad been ,;!elle advisable not at present to interfere with their exertions. 1 he repnrt was ordered to be received on Tuesday next. es INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT BILL . o i l the Went rnreion of the M arqu i s of LANSDOWNE this Bill through a . T he Duke , f •ehrnrnittee praArma. 'e'en had t ti ;) , NI ELLINGTON hoped that due regard had .• rieht a of the Universities. The lee (1 f IT ! lr qU'S of L ANS DOWN Eb I' 1 that the Bill did net a. alk tht er f er • ' i e ,cvec able s e eatisey e with those privileges, and that he should be i t'e Nehie\TDruke on that subject. A PPOINTeI is Lisee evHAR . N c , ‘ , , , r OF MAGISTRATES. . 'enserther At tee end of the We:lkdthat til7sitrbil:oNrdnthleipFs Priced. the Noble Earl, connected with th e before county of York, had rentved for returns of correspondence cennected with the inser -I_,trn of eet tele names int the commission of the peace for the r e treugh el Lesds, and he (Lord W harneliffe), should not have tt,h,eught of following up that motion had it not been for eer ie p r ophitions stated by the Chancellor of the Duchy of 114 , 1 . neaster, at which he had been greatly astonished and which, If . t heY had been allowed to pass unnoticed, might'be produc %hetti: cf great injury. The case with respect to the West Riding county he would endeavour to explain, and then they '''‘ nhi understand the grounds on which he believed the in e'ci.t.t.ion oftliose names icto the commission, by the Lord Chan- Fre!e. hut. nos 4. step which had been adopted merely for the pur ne intreeueing persons of a certain class of political :,r"loes. 11 c v.ould observe in the first place, that Leeds was th3nrclogh consi,ting of a great number of townships, and by fi fe Municipal Collet:rations Act it had a separate commission . the peac e . On the passing of that Bill magistrates had beett kil:Pointel oho nese to the whole duty within the borough, for pe',"Uotv resssistl a t es b ad no power to interfere. On the 23d ttit'. tele. lie bad brought before the House several appoi nt . 1 1 1 ,2 5 5 of Alagestrates, and he had endeavoured to show that ei,7eteepoirernents had been used entirely for party purposes, h e,i nt eet t the great body of persons appointed had been so ap "l pointed on account of their politics, and to the exclusion of proper .perenWs. Now, it so happened that twenty-two had been %Wiled for the commission, seventeen Of whoel bile class of politics, and of thC t'i're it was known that four would not art. Now did lint know that those facts by themselves woald conaute a just ground of complaint ; if there had not been other men who had acted, as megistratet efficiently for many years, he sheuild nolt hive feted fault with the appointments ; but he did Vlscaris that the exclusion of Ma gistrates who had )ripen lasi - action, and who were eekh`deas ledged to has iktKits the duties properly. and learAilleil'ea af forded a leetfttly just ground of e'o'cpkartita He now came to the appointment of Magiairiko In the West Riding. The population of Leech Nit - en was very great, w as t o be takenout of that set !t}@West Riding, because the appolrettient tit Mviettates for that division of the count) hied no etiVrenee td the population of Leeds, which tired reparide eowfilis• sion. He should show to'th e i r her ships the state of the Ma gistracy in that divitiota, Ilia the actual state of the business. The Petty Seaslons trete held at Leeds one day every week— on Tuestley, and the business which was then done ahem in places contiguous to Leeds. The number of cases of every description which had come before the Magistrates be tween February 1837, and February 1838, was about 200, which amounted to about four cases weekly. It was evident then, that in point of fact there was no necessity for a greater number of Magistrates. At that time there were eighteen Ma gistrates. There were fourteen persons in the commission, of whom eleven attended regularly, and three were qualified t o act but did not attend, The remaining four in the commis sion had not telt% out their qualification, and of those who were qualified and did not act, and those who were not quali fled) six were of political opinions differing from the majority. Then ca me t h e new comm i ss i on, an d he ° begged here to say that his Noble Friend (the Earl of Harewood) would have been quite ready to attend to any such application, whenever and wherever it could be shown that new magistrate s were required, and he could bear witness to the fact that his Noble Friend had put into the commission several persons ad verse to himself in politics, merely on the ground that more magistrates were required. There was no reason, then, for saying that if any application had been made it would not have been attended to. But no application had been made— (Cheers)—to his Noble-Friend at all, except the brother of the Lord Chancellor, after persons had been named. It was, however, curious enough, that his Noble Friend had been told by a person in Leeds that he must be prepared for such a proceeding ; and the expression which was used was, that an intrigue nn; going on to introduce certain persons in the commission adverse to him in politics. But, with the exception of that intimation, the first time his Noble Friend heard of the matter was upon the receipt of the letter from the Lord Chancellor, asking if he had any objection to the insertion of the names. Now, he wished to know on what representations these persons had been named at all ; whether any blame had been imputed to the former Magistrates—whether there had been any complaints of difficulty in the discharge of the business of the county, or whether those persons had not been named on the recommen dation of some parties whose object it was to advance a par ticular interest in that town. He would now advert to the propositions laid down by the Lord Chancellor and the Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. It had been stated by those Noble Lords that they considered' it to be their duty, if they found in the commission a certain number of persons of one class of political opinions, to introduce others of different opinions, so as so create a proper balance on the bench of Magistrates; and on what ground ? Why, they had said that it was not in human nature for persons to be satisfied with the decision of those, all of whom held opinions differing from their own. Now, he believed no such thing—( Hear, hear.) With respect to the principle of putting Magistrates of diffe rent political opinions into the Commission, so as to ensure a balance of Whigs and'Tories, he wanted to know where it was to end?—( Hear, hear.) Suppose the Noble and Learned Lord had doctored and corrected the Commission as he pleased, he might then have to leave, and another Noble and Learned Lord would succeed to his place ; was that Noble and Learned Lord to pursue the same course 2—( Hear, hear.) Was ho again to doctor and correct the:Comnaission as to him might appear convenient ? That was the doctrine of the Noble and Learned Lord on the WoOlsack; but his Noble Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster had carried it still further; for he had not been satisfied without declaring that if he formed a Commission of Peace, in which any par ticular religious opinions greatly preponderated, he should feel it his duty to introduce persons of different religious opinions to counterbalance the former body of Magistrates.— ( Hear, hear.) Now he protested in that place against-those doctrines.—( Loud cheers.) With respect to this particular case nothing could have been so easy, if any persons thought themselves entitled to be placed on the Commission, as to have applied to his Noble Friend, who would have been per fectly ready to have beard their reasons, and in whose mind, he was quite sure, their politics would have had no influence for or against them. Stich had been the effect of the declaration of these doctrines in that House, that in many parts of the country they were entertained almost as a matter of course. That was the case, he knew, in the West Riding of York ; and not only there, for the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack had received a memorial from the vestry of Marylebone, in which they made no complaint of the gentlemen at present in the commission, but desired to have persons of the same liberal opinions as themselves, or, as they expressed it, persons "whose habits and opinions were more consonant to those of the great bulk of their fellow parishioners." He had framed his motion as far as possible to comprehend all the information with regard to the appointment of the Magistrates in the western division of the county of York ; but he did not know that any memorial had been pre sented, and it might be that nothing but private communica tions had passed between the Noble and Learned Lord and other persons on the subject. He could not help saying that on the appointment of the Magistrates for the borough the Member for Leeds appeared to have furnished the list of per ions who were appointed. Now, he diapproved entirely of all such proceedings—(Hear, hear) —he did not think that persons who had stood contested elections in towns were the proper class of persons to lay before the Lord Chancellor the lists of persons to be placed in the commission.—( Hear, hear.) He begged to move that there be laid on the table copies of any petitions, memorials, or other communications sent to the Lord High Chancellor from any person or persons residing in Leeds or its neighbourhood, respecting the insertion of certain names into the Commission of the Peace for the West Riding of the county of York. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the Noble Baron who had just sat down had addressed their Lordships after he had spoken on the former discussion of this subject. The Noble Earl, the Lord Lieutenant of the county of York, who then brought forward his motion for correspondence on the subject, withdrew that motion, and stated that his object had been attained by the discussion to which it had given rise. That correspondence was necessarily of a confidential nature, and consisted of letters which it was not expedient to produce ; but though lie had seen the necessity of reading some of them, he did not apprehend that any public inconvenience could arise from that, as he had carefully avoided the mention of any names. The Noble Earl withdraw his motion, and the Noble Baron having spoken after him, had had ample opportunity— and had availed himself of it as far as to him seemed proper— of observing upon his statement ; but the next day the Noble Baron had thought that he could say more or say it better— and accordingly he gave notice of the motion which he had made, and which included a repetition of the motion made on the former night by the Noble Earl ; f of course it em braced the same district. The Noble Baron having given notice of :notion for some papers, which must ba of a confi. dential nature, and the production of which had net been pressed for the other night, now said that he did not wish for them ; but he asked also for communications from any person living within the district ; but that was a proposieion which could not for a moment be maintained, nor did the Noble Baron himself attempt to maintain it What the Noble Baron really wanted was the opportunity of making a second speech on the subject on which he had before spoken ; and so far he had he-n successful in his motion. The Noble Baron stated that he (the Lord Chancellor) had thi own out doubts as to the due administration of justice when persons all of the same poli tical opinions were on the bench. Now, he had said no such thing. What lie said was this•—that when them was exclu sion, not alluling to any particular bench of magistrate , but as a general principle, where the bench consisted of reasons of one political creed, there was not that degree of coi.fidence felt by the popul..tion at large towards the magistrates which there ought to be; butt statiuug, at the same time, tbht he did not believe that, in point of fact, it made. Daly difference in the administration of jus tice. That he did say, and lie now repeated it. The No ble Barotiet had stated that there had been no want of Magi!. trates ; but that was not the complaint. It was not complained that applicait;on had not been made to the Lord Lieutenant, because application had been made to him. There was no complaint that his recommendation had not been attended to, because he hail declined to give any —( Hear.) Tie Lord Lieutenant had been asked whether ho objected to the per sons, and he had made no objection ; nor had the Noble Baron now made any objection to them. What then did it all come to? Why, it came to a question whether the Lord Chancellor was to exercise the power of appointing Magistrates or not.— ( Hear, hear.) That was the question.—( Ministerial cheers.) 'The great argument was this—" Don't trust the great public officer, .who acts on his own undivided responsi bility, but rely entirely on the Lords Lieutenant." As to the particular case, he said nothing against the bench which previously had existed ; he said nothing against the mode in which they had administered justice; but he bad had facts stated to him which induced him to think that it was his duty to introduce into the Commission these persons, against whom there was no objection ; and against whom no objection had been made the other night by the Noble Earl the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, or even by the Noble Baron himself. He was satisfied that no objection could be made to these persona ; for the discussions which had arisen on the subject had led to further investigation ; by the result of which he bad been satisfied that each and every one of those persons so appointed was eminently fit and proper for the station in which they had been placed—( Hear, hear)—and what evidence had they to the contrary ? Not a statement— not even an insinuation.—( Hear, hear.) It came then to this, that the Noble Lord preferred the former list.—( Hear. hear. ) Why did he prefer it?—( Hear, hear, arid laughter. ) Not because the individuals in the last list were objectionable —no such thing. He reed not enter into the question fur ther, but the Noble Lord had certain interests in thattistrict, end fur some reason or other lie preferred the old list to ti f* new one—( Hear, hear)—but that was not quite conclusive in his opinion that the infusion of a few other names might net ho advantageous to the public interests.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Beyond all doubt it was the duty of the Chancellor to anpoint the magistrates; that duty was imposed by the Act of Parliament on him alone; but it had been found convenient, and he had no desire or intention of departing from the practice, for the Lord Chancellor to corn mearicate with the Lords Lieutenants, and to seek their advice with respect to the persons fit to be placed on the commiszion. 'l'llE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, .1 . 6_,V 1 It wale rtnesse tr; diaetteeresshernetbeeprereiserafaaferring sL:oo Kls Islinatenants first commtinced ; 4 , 4 Viird Eldon 'had himself alluded to it in the ceurse of a debate in 1831, upon a subject similar to the present. The Noble and Lesrced Lord then read an extract from the eebate in C lues _ tion, in which Lord Eldon slid. " That the Lord Chancellor hAd l,ie Veteiit plaSitist lot cif lteepinss net of, the ecm-• iiiisSion sal ttkpeatie nllothsoeVer I t 61. the ; biit ht bePed that the Piddibe of etheirnitnieetion bettqlm the (.treat Seal read the Lords Lieiitenfilit tvottld eief ;.:ontleisctl,-d cation which °tight ei;6r to LP tarried oil' lii tiil {`reel;dnd 11105 t. inannefaa-.With respect to the nomination - pa! sena whet ought or ought Lot to hr put into the comniissioe." —(llcar, hest.) At all events, then, they bad the autho rity ct isotd Eldon fee this practice, who bad himself acted upon it. 'the Noble and Leaftiefl a'ao rererred to cases su far back as 1710 and 1790, showing that ibis pfaetiaB sat iated In those periods. Lind BROUGHAM asked if these cases referred to the appointment of Police Magistrates? The LORD CHANCELLOR replied in the negative, and said that they related to the appointment of County Ala gistrates. If the Lord Chancellor was, to exercise any dis cretion at all in these matters, be must say that he was at a loss to know how that discretion could possibly be exercised in a more temperate mode than by asking the Lord Lieutenant if he had any objection to the names proposed for the Commis sion, and by paying attention to any objecti on w hi ch the Lord Lieutenant might have to offer.—( Hear, bear.) All the re spensibility of the appointments to the Commission of the Peace rested with the Chaeeellor. The Lord' Lieutenant was certainly consulted, as an important public officer, but he was not the responsible officer in matters of this kind. Every Lord Lieutenant admitted that respect was and ought to be paid to his recommendations, but no one claimed it as a right that they should be adopted, neither did any one suggest any other way in which this prerogative ought to be exercised.— ( Hear.) With respect to any memorials, as such were named in the motion of the Noble Baron, if there were any they would be found in the returns for Which the Noble Baron had 'roved. He was quite ready to admit that, in appointing to the Commission of the Peace, there should be no principle of exclusion acted upon—( Hear)--and he denied that an'y such principle had been acted upon. There ought to be no ex clusion—(Cheers)—and if there was—whether it arose from ra tv spirit, either on the part of the Lord Lieutenant, or of the Clerk of the Peace, or any other individual, it. showed that things, where such a principle existed, were far from being in a healthy state. (" Hear, hear," front Lord %aro chile.) The Noble Baron, he was glad to find, assented to that. (Lord ‘Vharneliffn was here understood to say that there hid teen exclusion.) He (the Lord Chancellor) denied that there had been any exclusion that could rightly be called so, and he was convinced that in any county wher ever anything bearing the appearance of the slightest exclu sion had taken place, it had been the fault of the Lord Lieutenant. —( Hear, hear.) He had now discharged what seemed to him to be his duty upon this part of the question, and it was his wish before be sat down to set himself right with regard to certain allusions which a Noble Duke (Wel li egton) had made in a former debate to certain transactions in which he (the Lord Chancellor) had been concerned, The Noble Duke had on that occasion alluded to his appointment of a person to the commission of the peace who had himself been bound over to keep the peace. (Some explanation here took" place between the Lord Chancellor and the Noble Duke which, although it excited considerable laughter, Aid not reach the gallery.) Another case to which the Noble Duke had referred was that (San individual who, having stood a con tested election and afterwards been appointed to a ship, had also been recommended as a fit and proper person to be ap pointed a magistrate. He (the Lord Chancellor) had cer tainly'been written to by the father of this person, arid it was not until after he had been so written to that he afterwards wrote to the Noble Duke naming him for the commission. He did not know that in the meantime he bad been appointed to a ship, and this case, if good for anything, was so to this extent, that - it showed the • advantage of communication with the Lord Lieutenant--( Hear, hear) — for there was no doubt that a magistrate ought be a resi dent in the county. The other case to which the Noble Duke referred was that of an individual who had been an attorney, but who had retired and become a sleeping partner in the firm. But this person was not thus disqualified by law, under the circumstances of the case, from being raised to the magistracy. The Noble and Learned Lord then concluded by observing that he was perfectly satisfied as to the course of duty he had to perform, as well as that which it was his determination to perform.—( Hear.) The Duke of WELLINGTON wished to remind their Lordships of what had passed a few evenings ago on the sub ject to which the Noble and Learned Loral who had just sat down had referred. The Noble and Learned Lord had stated, in answer to his Noble Friend who had on that occa sion introduced the subject, that he considered it his duty to make inquiry respecting certain magistrates of tho county of York. But the description of inquiry which the :Noble and Learned Lord referred to was not one which was quite fair to the Lord Licutenant.—( Ileac, hear.) If the Lord Chancellor was first to receive recommendations from all manner of persons, and then go to the Lord Lieu tenant to inquire whether there persons so recommended were fit and proper persons to be appointed magistrates; in such cases the. Lord Lieutenant would be obliged to say, that such persons as were so recommended to him were not proper ' persons for this reason, and were so for that reason—( Hear, hear)—and that which ought to be altogether private and confidential in such matters was thereby entirely put an end tie —(1-leara hear.) He, for one, must say, that he could not write confidentially to a Load Chancellor under such circum stanees.—(Cheers.) The individuals who gave this sort of recommendation as to appointments to the commission of the peace must be, he was convinced, of a low order is socict), and not of the gentry of the country, because in the these cases to whielt he had on a former occasion alluded, he was sure those who had recommended the individuals in question could not be persons of weight or consideration in their county.--( Hear, hear.) In 1835 the Lord Chancellor ap_ pointed a person, for. whom he (the Duke of Wellington) had the greatest personal respect and regard, to the commission of the peace, but that person had certainly been bound over to keep the peace—( Hear, hear)—and he (the Duke of Wel lington) could never approve of his being placed in the corn mission.--( Hear, hear.) He, however, had never alluded to that subject from that day to this. The Noble Duke then read an extract from the law relative to the appointment of Magistrates, and contended that an attorney, although only a sleeping partner, ought not to be appointed a M ag i strate. He woud maintain that Magistrates ought to be selected ac cording to the old law of the land--( Hear, hear)—and that selection ought to be made from among the principal and most influential gentry of the county, and not of the description re commended by the Noble and Learned Lord. As to the other case, if a person went to the Noble and Learned Lord, and recommended an individual as fit to be appointed a Magis trate, and the Noble and Learned Lord then went to the Lord Lieuterant on the subject—in that case the consequenc e would he, that the odium of rejection fell upon the Lord_ Lieutenant. The Noble and Learned Lord had stated that he did not find there was the slightest objection in the case to which he referred, and that he had inquired into the character of the individual in question (so we understood the Noble Duke) But he (the Duke of Wellington) had received intimations upon this subject since the question was last debated, arid from those statements it remained to be seen whether the Noble and Learned Lord was not likely to he deceived with respect to the way in which he obtained his information on these mat ters.—(llear, hear.) All he wished was to see the Noble and Learned Lord open his eyes and see his way more clearly upon them. He insisted that the law of the land had declared that the office of Magistrate should not be a political one. The Noble Duke then concluded by observing that to keep these appointments untainted with any party character, it was necessary in making them to go to the first people of the county, out from whom to make selecti ins, for anion them would be found tliC best and truest friends cf the coun try.--( Cheers.) (The Noble Duke was very imperfectly heard throughout.) Lord BROUGLIAM merely wished to refer to one expression used in an improper sense, out of justice to the individual, in reference to whom it had been employed. lie alluded to the word ‘• barratry." Now, the inch. vidual who had been referred to lead certainly not been guilty of any " barratry," although he might have co:131114:rd a " battery," the word barratry- being usrd as applicable to a person who wan the etirrer-ue of suits, but not to one who had committed a breach of the peas , . With regard to :he office of a Magistrate being a political one, he hoped that the people bad long since learned the necessity of keep ing the channels of justice pure by every possible mean:, and he must confess that he did not think it was keeping them pure, if any portion of the community were excluded front the office of magistrates—( Hear, hear)—but he did not know that it had ever been laid down as 4 principle that p should be permitt e d t o en t er i n t o the subject. lie thought that the Noble and Learned Lard on the Woolsack had pursued the best course in applying to the Lords Liete• tenant when he was called upon t o a pp o i n t an y man to tie office of magistrate, -but at the same time if that plan .were not carried out in a proper manner, it put the Lords Lieutenant in a very disagreeable position. The course which lie had pursued. was always this—he uniformly applied to tie Lord Lieutenant, lie receiv , id,perhaps, a recommendatiou from the county Member, or a borough Member, or front some respectable person wholly unconnected with political affairs, and he made it a rule uniformly to apply to the Lord Lieutenant, and if he satisfied him that the individual was un fit to be included in the commission he felt to Ist his duty th take upon himself 11 o responsibility of not appoint ing .hint, and he never in one instance told the parties that he would -have put the individual on the list of Magistrates if it had not heen f or w h at the Lord Lieutenant had said, for be should consider that if he did so he would have been guilty of e great breach of confidence. The matter was not, in fat t. , in the hands of the Lord Lieutenant, but in those of the Lord Chancellor, and how it arose that the former bad ob tained such a large share of potter it was not easy to say. • The Earl of WARWICK complained of manner in which Magistrates had been inserted in the Commission of the Pr e-a of the county of Warwick, and also under the Municipal Corporation Bill. He believed he could state from whom the recommendations for their appointments proceeded ; et any rate, if he could not name the individual, there was no rser son in the county of Warwick who did not attribute them • to a certain whipper-in, or active canvasser—as the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack would say—Mr. Joseph Nrkc3—( Laughter)—who being Secretary of the Cor phad, perhaps:, only ac ted f a i r l y in for w Friend s o f t h e Ministers. The o a r r e a t i i n on g Commission, views o the. same objectionable method had been adopted in the appoint° merit of charitable trustees, arid he thought it highly objse tiortable. ' After a few words in reply from Lord WHA RNC UFFE, Love was given to withdraw the motion. JRISH lI.JNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL. t'ieeurtt. in moving that the report on VOrnocfite . 9ll.l Bull s'heod Yeecevea, otseived that the!e 1;ail ' t t he Co mitt'e6 . i c ntro'deteal mans/ amendments, whir;, 4A%le ;ier3f . vortimi l nek stilaie. ot t sefi:.`efi we-e very complicated, and technical--( Hear, bear)—end they depended much upon lee. 4 4ircierristances niwther. they could or could not be properlyf applied. l i n the ihOrt tdteTeel which hal elapsed since their introductien, ff bed been ineyei'h!C: I'?7 hie!eelf and his Noble Friend on the Woolsack t ) form any decided ofiltilteil tee those amendments ; &it iflhey woe edowed—though from the oteteee °f some of them lid hits, say pelt he was far from concurring-zet:Of they were peraisted : 4 5' 1,7 P their Lordships it would not be a reason for his not proctine) with the Bill ; even if those amendments were retained, he wouente on that account seltandon the Biil.—( Cheers.) He begged to say it.7..nr! a ,he lied dint ern former occasion, that the amendment whit:T.' their Lordships tied thatle ha the. qualification of burgesses—et qualification establi•hing tenement should be rated at 10/., including repairs and iasurentA leppeafed. to him to be one of the greatest olj2ctions to the altl well knew that the actual value of a tenement was far beyond did value at +sill, hit was rated. He had seen statemeete that, in Belfast, Dublin, Limerick, nod other towns, this rule was berm, out, and that the actual Was far beyond the rated value. Such, he apprehended, WAS the case every where ; such, he e n t n h d e n c n a g se ne ; st s i u o c n u ab i l t y Wag i i i y a fotnbi: Eng land,apph e such n dt d nns always i n Ireland, wou lity would be that for a UV. rate the real value of the houeo would be would be 121. or 13/.. or eyen Iths, a year. It was evident, therefore, that the proposed qualificetien would be a great deal higher than the qualhication in this counts j', tted he feared that the governing bodies in the new Corporationg teeld not be much less exclusive than those which they at present possessed. Ile thought that the situation of the Legislature would not be answered;; that the measure would, not be satisfactory; acd that the Corporations Would not answer the end for which they were established, of giving to the towns a - regular Municipal Government, based upon popular election, and including in the sphere of their operation those persons in the towns who were generally respectable, and who ought to have a share in the local government. He believed that. their Lordships in the amendment which they had introduced, had acted upon the supposition that a high qualification would essiet those principles which were generally called Conservative. He did not exactly know the ground cn which their Lordships had formed this opinion, or had come to the conclusion ; but be knew that already a similar experiment had been made in Ireland when the Parliamentary franchise in the eottnties was raised from 40s. to 101., and making all allowance for the manner in which this qualification might have been lowered by the perjury which it was said had been com mitted, and for the false valuation . which it was said had been palmed upon the Revising Barristers, still it was impossible to deny that the consequence had been the raising of the franchise, a" he begged their Lordships to consider well whether the effect had been to produce the good which had been antici pated, whether the effect had been to strengthen those princi ples Which it was their Lordships' wish to strengthen, and whether there was any reason to anticipate any different ope ration in the towns from a similar measure. He begged to say, that he still disagreed in the amendments; he still thought them objectionable. He thought that they would counteract many of the advantages of the Bill ; that they would he ob noxious to its good working, and that they would probably pre ventto e b t y ir a up large majority m qn sj e o st r i i o ty n, of to that propose House, se its bei ng u l t i mate l y sat i s f actory ; b ut, at t h e same t i me , n as those amen d ments had been distinctly advised, and had been supported orte to d subject,men t s, or but on the third t o takethe sense reading of e their w owould . pr l Lordshipsro,ai'it was aswgeoaat theshi o other rootpahom addition s dn o ts hi t* , eo c ru e i r .sd t o a i e n ed t go o li w ev e n on s f b i o n yt h s t c eh h re e d B ui townsel An to , t which n ha d i el a ho l w s M o e r t o h tn e aiot f ei o p r oa m fl a Gt i oo o av n i o fir foe qualification than was now proposed ; end, except these alterations on the third readi ng , h e would outer of L tte rd ß ß il ß l. i n o d w what Learned tt e d d ° j no further obstacle to the pasting FuLsrltiGefnaHdi len r c ios o m n e N u ho r i b r o d e, a w ann i d t d l the he e Learnedon N f e o s b s l re e , dr i N et r nh i s da c t ia , u ihn n e- t disappointedsawteasadgroeta:floyrcing co rp or Corporations t n h s e two on son lo to w amendments os, of proposedhi s Noblet to give those towns mea • ns of obtaining Corporations on applica tion to the Crown, in the meantime vesting their corporate power in certain Commissioners. He ( Lord Brougham) thought with his Noble and Learned Friend that the towns in schedule B were too numerous, and that by g • ranting Corp orations to all they would be going too low. For the same reason in the schedule of the Scotch Burgh Reform Bill in 1833, he had yielded to the opinions of a Noble Earl, for whom he entertained great respect. He had given up some of towns in the schedule, and instead of having gone too far, he thought that if be had given up eight or ten towns more, in which it had been found impossibleto work the measure well, he Would have improved it. For the same reason, then, that he had in 1833 consented to alter the Scotch Bill as it came from the Commons, he would agree to an alteration of sche dule Bin the present Bill ; but if they struck ont all the towns in that schedule they would be going too far. The natural line was to keep in the schedule all the Parliamentary boroughs(Hear, hear, hear.) They were of some conse quence and importance. He would leave the residue to petition ; and even if there were any Parliamentary boroughs of a s:nall class they might be omitted ; but all cities and towns of consequence, or of ai•y extent, ought to be included in The Bill. So much for the first amendment of his Noble and Learned Friend. To the second, which was of far more importance. he (Lord Brougham) had a more serious objection. lie would not go over the ground taken by the Noble Viscount ; for, undeubtedly, though they might talk of a IN. franchise, yet if it were regulated by the rate, it would amount to 14/. in real value. It was immaterial for the rate what was the value ; and Whilst Noble Lords said that they would give a 10/. franchise, they adopted a test which would exclude all 10/. houses, and would really give a franchise of 1 0 /. 14/. er 151. Another reason why he (Lord Brougham) differed still mere from his Noble and Luarned Friend was one to which he would call his Noble Friend's serious atten. time The Noble Liord wished to include in the 10/. the landlord's repairs and insurance ; and, therefore, he did not one of lower value; perhaps an 8/. house would be accepted. say • in words, but held o ut t hat it w as a 101 . house , but Lord LYNDHURST said—By no means; quite the con trary. He meant only a house w hich was let for 101 . bone those taxes which u sua lly f a ll u p on t h e paid by him. continued—What he wan t e d th em t o Noble Lords aga i nst was, the supposition that what as applicable i n t h e same d egree fi te d nL e a , ourt tl d, me aßr t , e dli n on a r n ie t T , a tti s j ' a i Al o i g yA excell cedi raising ntl the t value Mould ca i n England, but circu ms t ances were diff erent i n Irrl H ow li tt l e e ff ec t wou ld repa i rs and i nsurance have It:airacplapnlidc.abl'eritioe E te n s g t l p a r n o d posed might, for aug ht h e k new , b e in w in Ireland? Wh o ever t h oug h t t h, t a costlol. much to keep in repair? Who ever heard of ,a landlord in Ireland keeping such a tenement? lathe next P . tace, who would lay out much upon its in surance? But if he did, it was not likely that it would cost snore than 2s. 6 i. per cent , and supposing that a 101. house was worth 2001, the insurance would only be five shillings a yesr. The fact was, however, that the rate was only I'. 61. per cent., another instance of a most impolitic tax in England, and the consequence would be that they would find the qualdieation to be a very high one, and that it would not be a rated value of 81. but a real value of more than 13/. or lel: But what he wanted to know, and what he could not-understand, was, why there was any qualifica tion ? Thero was none in England, where it was only re h3lnwaSscoittliaiened,stslaieryre t vm } , l a e s re a ? lo l. B f e r c a , n iu e s h e ise tile h ree quired that the house holder should b e rated for a certain length of time. w a test, and it was considered d es i ra bl e to establish liltnltioselidr:ahteebust7ine Parliamentary and municipal qu a lifi cat i r n to prevent a double registry ; but that was not the case in England ; no qualification was necessa r y h ere, from the largest city to t h e snmallest town—being a household er f or a q . certain length of ti me was se ‘ tcient, a n d eve r y h o ld er of a house had right to vote. 1 hey had tried the experi ment they had found the result—there harl been no riot, no confu sion—there had been no annoyance to one class more than another—there had been no partiality shown for one class over anode r—ror although, under the e xc i tem - nt o f t h e f i rst election, as under the Reform Bill, one class h a d b een pre ferred, —but since, in Liverpool awl other towns, a large proportion of the yet the divineaian h - ad become less and leas councillors included in the new elections, he believed nearly o ne-half were of opposite polities. He thought that se t the u h nr i dse.f r o oo l. il hi s e v rs o ,ee rk io) i . : ti g in,ki t 6 r r : nns i tl led tosyas li ct i c. t mo n u ntot ough titnh to be i that they tetililliecevi'l Irish ought enri ad t o have adhered to the Bill as it was sent from the Commons. On the merits of the measure its-lf he thought that it was of einiilihteti sayo im, a it would o kindness ul d not be received Ireland.—(Cheers.) He importance. but i n one pu towardsha of view it was most imp o rt an t, a s r heinga Bill whi c h was i ntended as a meiliture of peace, and c that if' they piss e d th e Bill w i t h hi s N o bl e F r i en d' s amendments n eived did o as a boon, yet to a cer tain extent its reception would not be less gracious than the manner, perhaps, in which it was intended to be given, and certainly than it ought to be passed • to a certain extent it would not be received with f avour, and, therefore, it might fidl in a great niemure of producing tranquillity and content ment in Ireland. As, however, the Noble Viscount did not propose to take time sense of the House against the amend. anent, lie (Lord Brougham) would not do so himself. Lord H ATHERTON thought that if the franchise, as it s tood in the Bill sent up from the Commons, were not thought fit to be retained, yet that the Noble and Learned Lord had not fixed up,. a proper remedy, he thought that the 101. foot .chi'e might have beer: retained as a temporary basis, and that. when a continuous rating of three years should have taken place, that this:should be substituted. He could not see time reason of introdueine the columns of insurance and landlord's repairs to make up the value of 101. Why was this cumbrous method adopted of making the valuers "state each of these doubtful particulars in the accounts? They ought, in his opi nion, to hose concurred in some general deduction from time rated value of 101, and that they should then declare tha t the balance, wheth er 71 . 10s., or t3l. or 9/ , should be the amount of qualification ; this would have been a far simpler and better plan. Another, objection which he had was that they would establishing to a certainty a higher qualification in Ireland than in Eno - land ; t hi s t h ey wou ld d o f or the reasons stated be the Noble ' Viscount (Melbourne) and the Noble and Learned Lord (Broughton), but also because there was at least one third difference between the value of houses in the two countries. He had lately had an opportunity of consulting competent valuers, and he found that CM') in the cities of Dublin, Cork, and Waterford, where rent was higher tient in other parts, there was certainly a difference of one-third be. tweet' the tends of housesehere and similar houses in • Eng land ; and was it not then unjust to give a qualification of a higher value to the poorer country ? lie believed also that it would be found that in Er,glend the household voters under _ the mume.pr hwehise being less in ntitht , 44 'Shan those under the ParliamenCe," franchise, they were greater. A Fts turn of the number had been '.'"'to to the other House, by which, though imperfect, he found that or seven cases for gernpgrison might be selected, where there We 40 freemen, rrAtere the boundaries of that town for each frawebisot ware /It he two towns of Leeds and Stockport the Parliamentary rad she eaunicipa.l bountinrieS were coter "atinous. In Leeds the ntinilref of It Parliamentary voters was fto p fitn4, rhile those under' the municinal franchise amounted. 01 lt7,00; and in Stockport the Parliamentary electors numl,erdd •),287, and the municipal voters amounted to 3,320. In Liverpoll 110, , a were fteemen, so that there wa s . means of comparing ;he Iltirltbera by the return ; but in B i ritliiV't.lso believed that the numbett were nearly the same in bah list': ..A4 any rate be was safeirt altpposing that the number of the dlthWOpal constituencies in Itingland tt:as 100 Pr 200 Fr cent. greatef than'tbe number of 10/. Parliment argel,nors. His Noble and Leerned Friend (Lord Lynd hurst), wi'; ; exhibited his usual abllity in moving his amend ments, had slurred , 97fpr this part or the case in a few words, by saying that he ftif.7A4 to est.iblish the same franchise in Ireland as existed in Scotland; but why wit this the case? BeCiii2se there were no poor rates there. it might be said there were ro poor-rates in Ireiald ; bait they would soon be in existence there, and Ilse natural am "tylment would have been to have made a temporary provision the qualification ; and then. after the poor-rates had ell4ted for t'sv years, to have made continuous rating the basis. lie cOn,..tdered it both foolish and shameful to give a higher quclificatio a to Ireland eittil Was required in England. For these reason:• ::° oh' jetted td the Noble and Learned Lord's amendments, although he would not object to the settlement of these too long .N"" settled questions upon the basis now proposed, the ground of bis acquiescence being that it would not be possible for many years W retain the test which was now propoidd ; for so surely as the system of rating should be a tevr years in operation,. would the Irish have strong grounds for re-opening the question. The report was then received, and Lord MELBOURNE sugitezterl that it should be read a third time on Tuesday next. The Duke of WELLINGTON recommended the Noble Viscount to allow the third reading of this Bill to stand over till the Irish Tithe Bill and Irish Poor Rate Bill (with which it was so intimately connected) should be further advanced. Viscount MELBOURNE said that this Bill was 'ua dogtetecilv intimately connected with the two others mentioned by the 1V;& e. Duke, and he would therefore, with the concur rence of their Lordships, postpone the third reading to Friday week.. Agrocd to. ! Tho Duke of ‘VELUNGTONT gibe notice that on the third reticliv of the Bill he would propose an addition to the third clause to facilitate and ascertain more specifically the qualifications of individisali to vote, to the following effoct : That every collector of the poor-rates, and other taxes and assessments, in the respective boroughs, should make out two alphabetical lists of the individuals liable to such rates and taxes, and of the payments made by them, and shall, on or before the .9d of September in every year, cause two copies (signed by himself) to be deposited with the magisirates of the borough whose duty it should be to permit such list to be perused by every body rho desired it, without payment of any fee, for ten days previous to the time of' voting. The Qualification of Members Bill passed through Comm't I tee, and Report was ordered to be received on Thursday. The other Orders of the Day were then gone through, and their Lordships adjourned at half-past nine o'clock to Thursday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. POLLOCK AND GLASGOW RACES, nun Jr. The Glasgow Subscription Cup, in specie, value 50 sous., added to a Stake of 10 sovs. each, p. p . Heats once round and a distance. _ _ Sir J. Boswell's Burletta six yrs, fist. 41b. ... Holmes 1 1 Mr. Ramsav's b. k. Luther, five yrs, Sst. 121 b. First heat won by a head, the second cleverly. Plate of 30 says., added to a Sweepstakes.of b sovs. each, p. p. Heats twice round. Mr. Ramsay's b. or br. g. Centurion, five yrs, 9st. 51b. 0 1 1 Sir J. Boswell's ch. c. Aimwell, three yrs, ss. 71b. ...... 0 0 2 Mr. Neilson's b. m. Fair Helen, h. b., aged, 9st. 121 b.... 3 3 3 Mr. Merry's be. in. Florentia, five yrs, 9st. 51b. Mr. Stirling's b. g. Forrester. aged, 9st. 121 b. First heat won by half a neck, the second and third won easy. A Purse of 20 soya., added to a Sneepstakes of 3 sovs. each, p. p. Heats twice round, the second to receive 5 sovs. out of the stakes. Mr. Bell's hr. h. Swainly, five yrs, 10st. 215. Mr. Reid'sb. h. Charlie, aged, 13st. 91b. . Won easy. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1838. The Garden Stakes of 100 :ors. each. T. AI. M. Mr. Thornhill's Egeria, 4 yra, 9st. ; Lord Suffield's Cowboy, 4 yrs, Sst. 21b. ; Lord Exeter's Velure, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b. ; Mr. Bowes's Bretby, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b. ; Mr. Greville's Alorella, 3 yrs, bst. 101 b. ; Duke of Richmond's Guava, 3 yrs, a feather. WEDNESDAY. Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egrille, Bst. ilh., get Lord Exeter's Mecca, 74. 111 b. A.F. 200 h. ft. , NEWMARKET tTULY MAETING,IB39. TussnAr. The July Stakes of 50 toys, each, 30 ft., for two years old ; colts, Bst. 71b ; fillies, Bst. Mb. New T.Y.C. Mr. Rayner's f. by Velocipede, out of Young Kean's dam ; Lord Exeter's c. by,Reveller, out of Galatea ; Lord Exeter's c. by Re veller, out. of Marmora ; Lord Exeter's s. by Beiram, out of Au gusta's dam ; Lord Exeter's f. by Sultan, out of Palais Royal ; Mr. Wilson's c. by Mulatto, darn by Figaro, out of Cora (foaled in 1829); Mr. Thornhill's b. c. by St. Patrick, out of Eloisa; Mr. Thornhill's ch. c. by Emilius, nut of Young Maniac ; Mr. Bris tow's bl. c. James, by Waverlev, out of Dinah, .by Champignon Lord Albemarle's b. e. Cambyses, by Camel, out of Antiope ; Lord Albemarle's b. f. Spangle, by Crtesus, out of Variella, by B:ack lock ; Duke of Grafton's b. 1. by J erry , out o f D u bli n ; '.Duke of Grafton's b. f. by St. Patrick, out of Oxygen ; Lord '3, J3entinck's b. c. Marmont, by The Colonel, out of dam of Mus ; Lord G. Bent hick's b. f. Crucifix, by Priam, out of Carmelite's dam; Lord G. Bentinck's b. c. Hill Coolie, by Mulatto, dam, gr. Mn. by ler.'out of Jack Spigot's dam ; Lord G. Bentinck': b.• f. Giggh by Tomboy. out of Duchess of York ; Lord G. Bentinek's br. f. Candle, by Tomboy, out of Tesane ; Mr. Knight's c. by Buzzard, out. of Margaret,• by Wrangler; Mr. \V. Edwards's c. Cap-a-pie, brother to. Drum-Major, by 'The Colonel ; Mr. Webb's b. f. by Maple, dam by Catton, out of Peggy, by Bourbon; Lord Orford's c. by Velocipede, out of Goldpin ; Lord Orford's c. by Clcarwell, out of Petulance. TIFURSDAT. The Chesterfield Stakes, of 30 sees. each, 20 ft., for two-vr olds; colts, Bst 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. The last half of The winner of the July Stakes to carry Ms., and the second horse 4lbs. extra. Lord Exeter's c. by Reveller, out of Marmora ; Lord Exeter's c. by Reveller, out of Galata ; Lord Exeter's f. by Sultan, out tl Palais Ri,yal; Mr. Thornhill ns. b. f. by Emilius, out of Anne Ikleyn's dam ; Mr. Prince's gr. c. Merle, by Clearwell,, out of Mischance, by Merlin ; Mr. T. 11. Stirling's ch. e. Coronation, by Actmln, out of Electra ; Lord Albemarle's ck. c. The Orphan, by Actaeon, out of Clansman's dam ; Lord Albemarle's ch; f. Iris, by Cain, out of Elizabeth, by Rainbow ; Captain W;lliamson's ch. f. Darkness, by Glencoe, out of Fanny, by Whisker ; Lord Tavis tock's ch. f. by Glencoe, out of Lucy Kemble, by Camel, out of Brazil ; Lord Tavistock's c. by Taurus, out of Plaything ; Mr. . . . Bristow's bl. c. J ames; D u ke o f Gr a fto n ' s ch. c. by St. Patrick, out of Problem; Duke of Grafton's b. f. by St. Patrick, out of Oxygen ; Mr. Ray's br. f. by Taurus, d. by Centaur, out of Prehlem ; Lord G. Bentinck's b. c. Marmot : Lord G. Bentinck's b. f. Crucifix ; Lord G. Bentinck's br. f. Giggler: Lord G. Ben tinck's br. e. Hill Coolie; Lord'Liehtield t s c. by Belzoni, out of ; Mr. Knight's c. by Buzzard, out of Margaret; Mr. Gee.. vine's ch. f. by Priam, out of Whimsey ; Mr. Watts's br. f. by Belshazzar, out of Fanchou;' Mr. W. Eiwards's f. by Camel, out of Diatnentina; Lord Orford's b. c. by Reveller, out of The Etching. • HOUGHTON MEETING, 1839. —MoxyAr. Colonel A nson's Zimmerman agst Lord Suffield's Vernon, B,t. 71b. each. A. F. 100, h. ft. NE 1V MARKET FIR ST SPRING MEETLY Glisir. FRIDAY. The Newmarket Stake., of 59 Fors. each, for three-years old; colts, Bst. 71b; and fillies, Bst. 21b. D.M. Duke of Portland's c. by Glencoe, out of Ruth ; Duke of Port land's c. by Beiram, d. by Reveller, out of Veil ; Duke of Port land's f. by Plenipotentiary, nut of Thebes ; Duke of Portland . s f. Priam, out of Mant's ; Mr. Batson's , ch. f. by Plenipotentiary, out of Acacia ; Lord Exeter's c. by Sultan, out of Velvet ; Lord Exe ter's e. by Sultan, out of Marinelli'; Lord Exeter's c. by Sultan, out of Datura ; Lord Exeter's c. by Reveller, oat of Alarmora ; Duke of Rutland's c. by Tomboy, out of Bossy Bedlam ; Lord Jersey's- c. by Ishmael, out of Filagree; Mr. Wilson's c. by Mu latto, out of Silyertail ; Mr. Thornhill's b. c. by St. Patrici:, out of Hvira.; Lord Tavistock's f. by Taurus, out of Lyrnessa ; Lord Tayistock's f. by Taurus, out of Leeway; Lord Albemarle's ch. c. The Orphan ; Lord Albemarle's bl. f. Olive-branch, by Plenipo tentiary, out of Ally ; Mr. Bowes c. Aliddleham, by Nienon, jun., out of Amulet, by Jerry ; Captain Williamson's ch. f. Darkness; Mr. Wigram's ch. f. Teleta, by Plenipotentiary, out of Shereen's dam ; Duke of Grafton's ch. c., by Plenipotentiary, out of Whiz gig ; Lord G. Bentinck's br. c. Seraglio, by Plenipotentiary, o ut of Pastime; Lord G. lientinek's b. c. Marmot ; Colonel Amon's c. Nicholas, by Jerry, out. of Olive ; Lord Chesterfield's c. by Mulatto. out of Arcott Lass ; General Grosvenor's c. by Maple, out of Thyrtilla; Lord Oxford's c. by Clearwell, out of Angellica. ASCOT HEATII RACES, 183 . 9.—FInsr DAl'. Sweepstakes of 50 SOYS. each, h. ft., for two-years old; colts, Bst. 71b ; and fillies, ast. 31b. The last three quarters of a mile. _ Sir G. lleathcote's b. c. Sophocles, by Laurel, out of Bertha, by Reveller ; Lord Exeter's c. by Reveller, out of Galata ; Lord Albemarle's b. f. Clove, by Cain, out of Perfume; Lord Albe marle's ch. c. Exit ; Mr. 'l'. H. Stir Eng's ch. c. Coronation • Lord Lichfield's sister to Hector ; General Grosvenor's f. by Plenipoten tiary, out of &aria. 1840.— TUESDAY. The Ascot Derby Stakes of 50 sore. each, h. ft. ; for three-year olds.; colts, Bst. 61b; and fillies, Bst. 31b; the winner of the Derby and Oaks"to carry 51b. extra. To start at the Sw•inlry post and in. Mr. Wreford's b. c by Glencoe, out of Thrgellina ; Mr. Nc vill's ch. c. by Saracen, d. by Castrel, out of Sting-tail, by Go banns ; Sir G. Heatbcote's b. c. Hokhar, by Samureand, out of Zenobia ; Lord Exeter's c. by Jerry, out of Lueetta ; Duke of Grafton's ch. c. by Plenipotentiary, out of Whizgig ; Lord Albe marle's b. c. Camb y ses"; Mr. T. H. Stirling's ch. c. Cor ona ti on; Lord Ta v i s t oc k' s c. by Taurus, out of Lyrnessa; Mr. Grevilie's c. Perseus, by Emelins, out of Victoire ; Mr. Th or nh ill's c. by Emi bus, out of Misrule. The St. James's Palace Stakes, of 100 sm. each, b. ft. ; for colts, tilt. 7►b ; and fillies, fist. 41b. Old mile. • Mr. Nevill's ch. c. by Velocipede, out of Amadou ; Lord Exe- ter's e. by Sultan, out of Velvet ; Lord Altemarle's ch. c. Exit, by Vanish, out of Miss Tree. NVEDNESBAY. The Coronation Stakes of 100 sous. each, h.ft. ; for fillies the; three years old, Bst. 71b. each. The new mile. Mr. Rush's b. f. by Camel, dam Bangtail, by Phantom, out of Discord (foaled in 1823) ; Mr. INevill's b. f. by Saracen, out'of Mandoline, by Filho da Puta ; Lord Exeter's f. by Reveller, out of Green Mantle ; Lord Albemarle's b. f. Spangle ; Lord Jersey's f. by Sultan, out of Tramifoline; Lord Lichfield's sister •to Thos. phorus ' Mr. W. S. -Sfonley's b. f. by Taurus, out of Flame's dam; Mr. Thornhill's sister to Preserve ; Col. Anson's Black Bess, by Cannel, out of Clotidesley's dam. Sweepstakes of 100 soc. each, h. ft., for foals of 1838; colts, Stt. 71k. ; and fillies, List. 31b. ; those got by stalltoku; or out of mare; whose produce never ortn before the day of naming at lowed 3 lbs, but only one illowanu. 'Three-quarters of a mile. Wreford's ch. f. by Laurel, out of Victoria; Lord Exe.`er's c. by fleirnn, out of Mat-meths (31bs.); Lord Albemarle's b. c. by Buzzard or Dr. Syntax, out of Firefly (3lbs. ) • Mr. I'. 1".. Stirling's oh. c. Th e C om pt ro ll er , b y A aron. out of Young Elec tion mare (Sibs.); Lord Tavistoek's f. by Taurus, out of . Play thing (31bs.) • THURSDAY. The 'Windsor Castle Stakas of 100 soy. each, h. ft. for three-yr olds ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. ; the winner of the Derby to carry 81bs. of the Oaks or 2,000 Guineas Stakes .51bi. extra. The te s mile. Sir G. Ileatheote's ch. c. Uzbek, by Samarcand. out of Paradi— gm ; Mr. 11. Coombe's ch. c. by Actwon, out of Cobham's dam ; Lord Exeter's c. by Jerry, out of Lucetta ; Lord Albemarle's b. e. Jannus, by Jerry, out of Destiny, by Centaur ; Mr. W. S. Staoley's br. e. by Tomboy, out of Bessy Bedlam; Mr. Grevillc's ch. c. Per seus ; Cu!. AnSon's c. Nicholas. • 1 841.—Turso.tr. Sy, - eepstakes of '2OO soy. each, b. ft., for colts. Oat. 71b. ; and fillies, list. 4.b., now foals; those by stallions or out of marts -whose produce never won, allowed 31b., if both 51b. Swinley Course. Mr. Wreford's b. c. by Sultan, out of Menimia ; Mr. Wreford's b. c. by Sultan, out of Margellina ; Mr. 11. Combe's b. or br c. by Glaucus, out of Octave (51b.); Lord Exeter's c. by Sultan, out of Velvet; Lord Lichfield's brother to Phosphorus. • WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h: ft., for colts, Bst. 51b., now foals; the winner of the Derby or 2,090 Guineas Stakes to carry 51b. extra. Old mile. Mr. Bush's ch. c. by Plenipotentiary, dam, sister to Carthago (Obelisk's dam); Mr. Wreford's b. c. by Sultan, out of Monimia ; Mr. Wreford's b. c. tiN Sultan, out of Margellina ; Sir G. Heath cote's br. c. by Glaucus, out of Miss Wilfred; Lord Exeter's c. by 'than out. of Velvet ; Lord Tavistock's c. by Taurus, out of isi on‘ : Colonel Peel's brother to Whim ; Mr. Thornhill's brother to Min -0 ; Colonel Anson's c. by Physician, out of Louisa, by Orville;t'i..qrd Li c hfield's brother to Phosphorus. THURSDAY. qvs. each, h. ft., for colts, Bst. 71b. ; and A Sweepstakes of )60 J . f i llies, Bst. 41b. ; ou t of . ...tares that never bred a winner previous to the July Meeting, JB3B. New mile. Mi. Ruth's ch. c. by Plenipore:tiary, dam, sister to Carthago; Sir G. Heathcote's ch. c. by Samarch . ` 4l, dam by Partisan' out of Elizabeth, be Orvil!e ; Mr. H. ombe's b. or br. c. by Glaucus, out of Ocsave ; Lord Exeter's c. by Sultan, t.".i.rn by Abjer, grandam by Rubens, out of Spotless ; Lord Tavistock's c ! by Taurus, out of Ooak-apple ; Lord Jersey's c. by Buzzard, out of Alca ; Lord Lichfield's na. c. by Langur, out of Flycatcher; lsTr. Bowes's ch. f. Queen of the Valley, by Velocipede out of Maid of Lune. i 8412. The Dinner Stakes of 100 sors. — cach, b. ft., for the procluee of mares covered in 1838; colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies. Bst. 41h. ; those got by untried stallions or out of untried mares allowei 31b., if both Mb. OM mile. Produce or failure to be declared on or before the lot of August, 1839. No produce no forfeit. Mr. IL Combo's Octave (both untried), covered .by Touch stone; Lord Tavistoek's Oak-Apple (both untried), covered by The Tulip; Lord Jersey's Trampoline (h. untried), covered by Bay Middleton; Mr. Bowes's Maid of Lune (bib.), covered by Bay Middleton; Mr. Greville'!4 Preserve (both untried), covered '►y Bay Middleton; Mr. Thornhill's Mustard, covered by Emilius. S7'OURBRIDGE, 1838. Acceptances for the Members' Purse. • Matadore, 6 yrs, Bst. 111 b. ; Chit-Chat, 4 yrs, 83t. 51b. ; and Conserratire, 4 yrs, 63t. 121 b. Nominations for the Cup Stakes, Mr. R. H. Clive na. Matadore, 6 yrs; Mr. H. St. Paul na. Maid Mat is , 4 yrs ; Mr. Ai thug Skey na. bl, c. Ascainus, 3 yrs ; Mr. C. Dixon, jun., na. Conservative, by Volt a i re , 4 yrs; Lord Ward na, Bath, oy Defence, 3 yrs; Mr. H. M. Campbell na. b. h. Altamont,. G yrs ; Mr. J. H. H. na. Heron, 5 yrs ; Lard Foley na. King Cole, 5 yrs ; Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn's irdlime, aged; and Lord Stamford ,na. Gilbert Gurney, 4 yrs. ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB. The gentlemen of this dui') contended yesterday for the very hand some silver cup, to be sailed for below bridge, in honour of her Ma jesty's Coronation. As an excui,sion it was exceedingly pleasant; but the match was not so good 'ti some we have witnessed. A very handsome boat was introduced .I..`r the first time; but there was no variety whatever in the contest. There were too few boats, and those too much identified with one owner, to set the affair off much advantage. The Albion steamer had been eng.aged to accompany the match, and she left her moorings off Nicholson's Wharf at half.. past ten in the morning, with a select although very scanty com pany. At a quarter to twelve the following were at their ktatious at Greenwich : Yachts. Tons. Owneas. Colours. Ada 25 ...... A. Robinson Red, white cross. Yda Telemachus 2l ...... E. Warrington White, blue cross. , . The wind was S.W., and blew stiffly. - The Yda was the best boat at the station, and was the favourite at 5 to 4 against the field. All of them canted round well, and the Ada went out in advance right along the Essex shore. She bad increased her advantage in Woolwich Beasts by half• mile, and the Telemachus had fallen as much in the rear of the second boat. In Long Reach the Yda had slightly gained upon the leading boat, but on nearing Northfleet she was obliged to strike her topmast, while her adversary in advance stood as stiff as the brece3 itself. At eighteen minutes past two the Ada weathered the flag_ boat at Gravesend; The Yda was fifty seconds beLind her, and the Telemechus twelve. It was what is generally termed a " soldier's breeze," and the boats reached Grays withot.t making a board. The Yda again neared the Ada, but the latter was much closer to the wind, and again distanced her competitor. In the middle of Halfway Reach, the wind having increased, the Yda carried away her main haulyards. She soon rigged, and consieering tl:e loss of way °eta_ siontd by the accident; came closer up than might have been anticipated. The Ada rounded the boat off Greenwich Hospital at ten midutes to six, the Yda at eight minutes and a half to it, and the 'felemachus a quarter of an hour afterwards. The cup was then presented to Mr. Robinson, who made an appropriate speech. The health of her Majesty was then drunk with much applause. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT TO THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE DUKES DE NEMOURS AND SUSSEX AND MARSHAL SOULT, BY THE OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY, AT WOOLWICH. This distinguished branch of the British servize, which on all occasion; so magnificently supports the hospitable character of the nation to illustrious foreign visitants, bad the honour of the company of the above for-famed princely guests., on Mon.- last, at . the spl e ndid mess room o f t h e corps at Woolwich. The r.x . tenor of the building had undergone a change Fine() the Aponer a lufourchette on the 6th instant. the pavilion of marqt.:ses having been superseded by a temporary chamber, erected o'er t' , e colonade, and extending over the whole width of the foot psvei - ent, to the very edge of the parade ground; a neat portico s ntr.. nce led into this saloon, in which the royal artillery band, cocvsvng of forty mus i c i are: , were p l ace d , wh i ch was tastefully fitted with crimson c l ot h, with gold orna ,,ar:d the nation a l em bl ems o f F r a nce tne,ts, military trophies,. ..nd England. Upon en, srog the iness room a coup d' ce il o f un ,urpassed brilliancy burst Coco the view, it might, perhaps, be tritely observed unequalled b ) •tt.' y of the gorgeous displays whi c h have been made in the course ot the ambitious efforts to show to t h e ga il an ,' visiteri. The sumptu o us re poet and courtesy' b tnquet was enfiladed by the richest a. ut glass which the w o rld can produce, the brilliancy of which was reflected by the splendid mess-plate of the regiment, which is well known to be of the most costly description, and valued b. t many thousands of pounds. A prominent positicn was ocm. pied by the nn rivalled silver candelabrum presented by his late Majesty, William IV , to this his favourite corps. Descrictive powers inadequate to do justice to the elegant sp7en tour of the entertainment, which sparkled with the most cxqt.;sito and (1- I , ghtful vintages of foreign clinics, under the Ofluence of ‘• the frozen ocean." Mar hal Soult and the Master-General of the Or.inance, Lieutenant-General Sir H. Vivi.; n,l3art., G. C. B. and G. H., had previously landed at the Royal Arsenal from a state bo - Age (aecmding to the espre. , sed wish of the gallant Duke of L'ui tnatia to be 411,:at with " tl.e sons of Neptune"), where tlicT wen! received by the Command int of the Garrison, Lieut.- Gen.' Lord 13:oomfiela, G. C. 13.. G. C. H., and the Director-General of the field train tif artillery, Neut.- General Sir Jos. Maclean, K. C. 11 , and a numerous staff. After visiting the storehouse% and lub'.rstory, the distivnes p..oceeded to the barracks, where a Captain's guard of honour of the Foot Artillery pre sented arms on their atr:val, the band plying the national an them, and a salute of twer.ty-one guns were fired from the mortar and lumbz .r battery upon the app:aranre of the " hero of Antwerp and Algiers" (the Duke do Nemours), who, with the Dukc of Sussex. as sell as the veteran war rior, were greeted by the aescmbled crowd with rerated hearty uedamationc. Amongst the gueits oLserved the thike of Richmond, oho wore the rt,and of the Gstter, and other -lecorations over his uoiform, a: a Colonel of ; the Duke of Beaufort, tvc ; and a ast assemblage of No , ilewn and Ott; -.era of the: tir•t rink. Cdp.. S iperintend"mt Horeb", C. 13.. anct the n ival commissioned officers of the port—Colonel Win gro‘e. commandant of the Woolwich divisi,n of Marine.. pato A. D. C. to the Queen), and the whole of the military chile% of the garrison. Aft th.y cuis:nrrie had bet n dis,,tosed OC. which must have, saii-ii d the practised deli,nte taste of the :oost experienced'. gourwe's, the health of " The Queen" was druu:: amid a salvo f artillery, and that of " the King of the French," when the insiiring tune of " Henri Quatre" gratified every Car. Shortly after ten o'clock the Royal visitors ros^, and pre vious to the r departure, most, urbanely assured the gallant °ffi ct-rs present of their infinite gratification at tl.&r ;ceeption, and the splendid ho.pitality ti ev had received. His Royal H:gliness the Duke of Sussex wcra the uniform& as captain-General of the Honourable Artillery Company, the riband of the Garter, and the star of the Bath, and the princely Nemours was decorated with " blushing honours thick upon hint," and appeared in e x ce ll en t s pi r its ; his deportment towards his bests wa s unres t ra i ne d an d courteous in the ex treme. " Napoleon's Lieute n ant," the Marshal, had the cordon rouge over his shoulder, as the head of the Lei; Gri of Honour, and while be addresstd the officers of the Royal was greatly affect d, when alluding to the flattering reception he had cyperienced from their countrymen. and the honourable testimony the corps had that day evinced of their esteem for any personal merit be might possess. On leaving the mess-room the same n i it, ry honour& wee paid, with the exception of the firing of cannon. The Duke of Sussex first appeared, and was cordially greeted by the teas to of s em bled people, who seemed as one dense mass surroundi ng g s w s iSil familiar nin Dukelir the building (the soldiers even left their beds, it being aft e r tattoo, to catch a glimpse of him whose name them different scenes.) His Royal Ilihn e Nemours ant escorted by a subaltern guard of honour of the Royd Horse Artilli ry, and met with repratcd cheers ; but etittiusia 4 ie burst of approbation was reserved fur 11:e Marshal, whose carriage drove off amidst loud and reiterated limas, which even shook the iron nerves of the gallant veteran. Mr. Roebuck, late M.P. for Bath, has joined the barristers on the mrthern circuit '1 be learned gentleman first appeared to cour t en Wednesday last, at the York assizes, and he'd a brief, along w ith Mr. Bliss, in the prosecution of John Reed for forgery. During the present assizc...s, Mao, Mr. Warren, son of Dr. Warren, has com menced practice on the northern circuit. Mr. Warren, it is well known, the author l tf the celetuat,cl articles in Blackwood's Magazine, the Passages from the Diary of a late Physiel.m."—llalV:rx Express. • ~.